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Prologue
Lilah
Harts don't break.
We bruise. We bleed.
But we don't break.
I'm not sure I believe that anymore.
Because I am absolutely, completely, beyond the shadow of a doubt, broken.
In the end, as I lie here on this dank and bloodstained casino floor moments away from my inevitable death, I realize I’m more surprised than anything else.
It wasn’t the job that broke me. It wasn’t Death himself circling in and out of my life through a damn revolving door. It wasn't the blood or the scars or the gunshot wounds.
It was a boy.
A goddamn blond-haired, blue-eyed boy.
Archer.
You just had to go and be the hero, didn’t you? And now, well...
Absolutely, completely broken.
I’m not even mad. I'm just surprised.
I open one eye to take a look around the room. My vision is blurred but that should clear up, hopefully. The burning smell creeping up my nose tells me there was definitely an explosion.
I stay still as I listen closely to the others around me. Caleb sits nearby with Boxcar passed out in her lap. There's an agent pacing behind us. Another one near the bar, his itchy trigger finger constantly tapping against the side of his rifle.
I hear voices. A woman? The sound echoes between my ears as I try and shake off the numbness still coursing through me.
Sobbing. Someone's sobbing.
Lucy.
I slowly tilt my head to get a better view of her. She sits on the floor in a singed white dress by the bar. Dani is beside her, along with Sofia. They all lean on each other with tears streaming down their faces.
Lucy notices me on the floor, but she's smart enough not to draw attention to me. She looks at the front card table instead.
I check the agents lingering around us. They’re not looking at me either.
They’re looking at my brother with a gun to his head.
Okay.
Now, I’m mad.
Chapter 1
Lilah
I’ll never love again.
There’s just no point. Sooner or later, everyone is a disappointment. They lie. They cheat. They do something to hurt you and show their true colors.
